For over 35 years, the humanitarian aid organization SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL has been committed to providing aid in the event of conflict and natural disasters. Our mission is to provide aid as quickly and as efficiently as possible to endangered populations by meeting their vital needs: drinking water, food and shelter. After providing emergency aid, our humanitarian teams accompany the most vulnerable families and communities until they recover their livelihoods and self-sufficiency, to enable them to deal with the challenges of an uncertain future with dignity. SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL is particularly committed to fighting water-related diseases, the primary cause of death in the world today. Drawing on their expertise, our teams develop and carry out aid programs in the fields of water, sanitation and hygiene, as well as in the essential domains of food security and reconstruction. In 2014, SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL teams, comprising 188 international and 1742 national employees. The association is directed by Jean-Yves Troy. Founded by Alain Boinet and presided by Edouard Lagourgue, SOLIDARITÉS INTERNATIONAL is a non-profit organisation under the French 1901 charities law. An annual general meeting is held each year, and the charity has a Board of Governors and a steering committee.
- Job Type: Full Time
- Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
- Experience: 2 years
- Location: Borno
- Job Field: Law / Legal, NGO/Non-Profit
Mission
- The Field Coordinator Assistant assists the Field Coordinator in his/her representation, program coordination, strategy preparation and programming for Solidarités International in his/her intervention zone, coordination with other humanitarian participants, team management and security and humanitarian monitoring.
- These tasks entail strict confidentiality on the part of the Assistant Field Coordinator. It is strictly prohibited for the Field Coordinator Assistant to disclose information concerning Solidarités International and its activities without prior authorization from the Field Coordinator.
- In addition, the Field Coordinator Assistant participates in the specification of security measures to be undertaken at the base level in collaboration with the Field Coordinator, as well as their post-validation circulation.
Main Tasks
Security:
- Collect information within the Field Coordinator’s domain of responsibility by attending security briefings with – or in place of – the Field Coordinator
- Carry out security checks for the clearance of team departures out into the field.
- Analyze information and inform the Field Coordinator
- Make the weekly security pack and send it to the Field Coordinator
- Establish informal ties and a network of contacts enabling the collection and verification of diverse information.
- Maintain an updated list of security contacts in the zone.
- Coordinate the weekly security briefing.
- Run the contextual and security briefing for new expatriates, in conjunction with the Field Coordinator
Representation:
- Under delegation of the Field Coordinator, represent Solidarités International during humanitarian and security coordination meetings.
- Ensure that Solidarités International’s message is conveyed during meetings in accordance with its mandate and programs.
- Regularly visit Solidarités International’s intervention sites.
Humanitarian monitoring:
- Communicate between the local and/or international NGOs in accordance with the partitioning of contacts decided with the Field Coordinator
- Under delegation of the Field Coordinator, attend meetings under his/her direct responsibility.
- Participate in the drafting of Solidarités International’s intervention strategy in the zone (especially via annual programming) and suggest program orientations in liaison with the Field Coordinator and the base other departments. To this end, the Field Coordinator Assistant is responsible, under the supervision of the Field Coordinator, for humanitarian monitoring in his/her intervention zone so as to anticipate as early as possible the pertinent needs to be addressed within Solidarités International’s mandate.
- Monitor the activities in the programs implemented in his/her intervention zone by comparing the evaluation, intervention and monitoring reports.
Coordination:
- Draft minutes for the Field Coordinator for each meeting he/she attends.
- Draft the weekly situation report for the context/security section.
- Compile the weekly situation report and send it each Monday afternoon to the Field Coordinator
- In the absence of the Field Coordinator, coordinate the weekly base meeting.
- Draft the minutes for base meetings.
- Present the security context at the beginning of all weekly base meetings.
Requirements
- Professional experience: 2 Years experience as Field Coordinator Assistant or a Similar Role. Experience working with SI is an advantage.
- Education: B.Sc. B.Sc. in Law/Public Administration or Similar Background
- Languages: English (compulsory) and Hausa or Kanuri.
- Technical Competences: Good analytical skills, writing and speaking, good knowledge of security protocol and procedure, demonstrable experience in managing staff safety and security.
- IT skills: Good knowledge of MS Office Word, PowerPoint and Advanced Excel
- Personal qualities: rigorous, organized, able to manage important workload, good learning capacity, initiative and autonomy, good communication, reactive, team spirit, good written and analysis capacities, resistance to stress, hardworking and flexible, demonstrable ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
